The impact of information security on Latin America

This paper focuses on the experience of PRODESP, one of the biggest Data Centers in Latin America in the treatment of security incidents on the Internet and initiatives to curb these incidents. It is shown how the CSIRT - Computer Security Incident Response Team - acts. CSIRT is a group created in a Data Center in the public sector to address the problem of lack of treatment for incidents of security. The paper shows the solution adopted with the implementation and constant monitoring of the environment of the Internet. The paper further exploits a pioneering initiative of this group in regard to participation in the National Consortium of Honeypots in deployment in Brazil, to ensure further security of Internet users and how the team interacts with other congeners groups in the world to create and ensure a safe environment for the user community in general.